# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Nucor Tubular Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010778` · 1/25/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Tubular Products Inc.
- **Location:** 3525 Richard Arrington Junior Boulevard North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hands-free buffer to remove marks from tooling. The employee set the buffer down, contacted the tooling, and suffered injuries to the left ring and middle fingers that resulted in amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*